Wednesday, October 29, 2014

There
is 7107 islands in Philippines. All locals tell you which island is
the best and where you should go. But the also told us. Do not go to
Siquijor”. The reason is not terrorism and kidnapping (still
popular way of earning money for some Muslim separatists on south of
Philippines) The reason is Black Magic and Witches. What we found was
slightly different, beautiful beaches, waterfalls, another very
interesting couchsurfing and parties again.

Sunday, October 26, 2014

Dumaguete
is one of few pleasant cites in Philipines. Nice university town with
waterside promenade. Accidentally, there was another festival and
accidentally we had another cool couch surfing. Our host Ivan is a
really nice girl with soul of mermaid and boys body. Ivan became one of our favorite couchsurfing hosts and we had a lot of fun together with her friends and another couchsurfers.

Friday, October 24, 2014

To
go there might be an adventure. but ones there, it's just like in
paradise. Accommodation in a bamboo cottages right on a beautiful
Sugar Beach. It's maybe what Boracay was 30 years ago. Empty beach
and just few simple resorts. Hammocks, sun, beach volleyball, sunsets
all on the empty empty beach.

Monday, October 20, 2014

MassKara
is one of the Filipino biggest festivals. It's Rio rhythm, Venice
masks and Asian colors in the city of smiles. We spent three days
couchsurfing, partying and observing this unique parade. Its our
first party after five months.

Thursday, October 16, 2014

It's
small island with the perfect beach. Just like from postcard.. White
sand, blue and green water, palms and small boats with blue sails.
But also one of the most popular places in Philippines. We were
afraid it will look like Bali but luckily the tourist season does not
start yet and the beach wasn’t crowded.

Friday, October 10, 2014

After
mountains it's time for some seaside. This National Park is not too
promoted by guidebooks and not too many people is going here. It's
really hundred island. We wanted to camp on some of them but we end
up just on a day trip hooping from island to island.

Thursday, October 9, 2014

Caves
can be sometimes too dark and a bit scary. Cemeteries can also be a
bit creepy. And is Sagada there are hundreds of coffins in a cave.
Unburied, some are broken and human bones just falling out of them.
It was a rainy day, it was slowly getting dark and there were no
another people around, well no alive people...

Monday, October 6, 2014

Beautiful
and impressive landscape created by human. Some terraces here are
2000 years old. It's a UNESCO site but it can be very quiet if you walk a bit further. And we went three days further right in between and on the terraces. We slept in the smallest villages and even if the
weather wasn’t best and people wasn't so friendly like in Manila
this was one of the best treks ever.

Saturday, October 4, 2014

Just
after our plane landed through the gray cloud of smog we quickly
realized we are in totally different world. Muezzin from mosques was
changed by bells from church. It's good because it also means no more
crazy taxes for alcohol. Pork is everywhere, not only in strange
Chinese dishes. But in the other side.. Manila is knows by serious
criminality problem which means we just left our hitch hiking
paradise and we are coming back to public transport. First impression
is a bit like Latin American. All the chaos, Spanish streets names,
colorful Jeepneys and tricycles. Just a totally different Asia.

Wednesday, October 1, 2014

Finally
we saw the red people from forest. Orang Utans. We visited national
park Kubah we camp in Matang Wildlife Reserve which was just like to
sleep in ZOO. And empty ZOO just with animals can became a bit creepy
at night.